Senator Bezerra's project
Brazil Senate ready to address gambling legalization bill on December 7
2016-11-18
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Head of the Brazilian Senate Renan Calheiros has confirmed the bill that aims at the legalization of gambling in the South American giant will be finally addressed on December 7, following the approval of final amendments to the so called Bill 186 earlier this month.
Last week, the Senate’s Special Committee on National Development (CDEN) accepted the gambling legislation and moved the bill to the chamber’s floor. The CDEN approved the original version of the bill in December of last year, but was put forward again after senators proposed 16 amendments.
Sponsor of the bill Senator Fernando Bezerra has been questioning what he called Brazil's “archaic” position on gambling which has been banned for the past 70 years.
“As a result of such archaic vision, our country is missing to attract big foreign investors from the tourism sector”, Bezerra said.
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